Enemy

Lately, when I have been observing my apple tree, I have been thinking that we humans are lucky. I have been consuming the delicious fruit my tree has to offer for about nine years. Yet I have never actually appreciated it, because every summer when I go outside to pick an apple it's just an instinct. I've never noticed when the apples start to grow. All I ever think is " I'm going to go eat an apple today." Even when I'm at the store and we buy more apples when we have plenty at home, never does it cross my mind how the apple trees are being taken care of. We humans have become selfish. We tend to manipulate nature into giving us what we want as if our wishes are nature's command. When we do have what we want, we still are not satisfied. We want more. We have the power to get our trees to produce more and bigger fruit. We never consider the damage the chemicals can cause to our trees. All we care about is if the fruit meets our expectations.

My mind has been pestering me about the chemicals we spray on our tree, how we always seem to have the "perfect " apple at stores. The information that I have found from Beth Hoffman  is that farmers use a chemical called "Paraquat" in order for bugs to not ruin the fruit. We chemically process all of our food because, well, we can. It seems to be America's only way for food to meet its expectations. In this website http://www.forbes.com/sites/bethhoffman/2012/04/23/five-reasons-to-eat-organic-apples-pesticides-healthy-communities-and-you/?optimizely=a it has plenty of information about the harm the chemicals do to our trees and our bodies. (Hoffman).

I have never put any type of chemicals on my tree. The only thing I have given my tree is water. I do not want to be a part of nature's enemies. I leave my tree alone. The fruit it will produce will be perfect to me. Even if they are not the right shade of green or yellow or red, it does not matter because the tree will produce the fruit on its own. I won't interfere with my tree's healthy nonchemical life. 

Field Notes 10/22/14

Field Notes 10/22/14

Works Cited





Hoffman, Beth. "Five Reasons to Eat Organic Apples: Pesticides, Healthy Communities, and You."   

                Forbes. N.p. 23 Apr. 2012. Web. 26 Oct. 2014.